close_altfile in filename.c in less before 606 omits shell_quote calls for LESSCLOSE

Brocade Fabric OS

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24994

12 November 2024

12 November 2024

CLOSED

HIGH

7.0 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-48624

Brocade Security Advisory ID

 BSA-2024-2600

Component

 less

 

 

Summary

GNU is vulnerable to command injection due to missing sanitization of filenames when the LESSCLOSE environment variable is set and invoked. This could allow an attacker to execute malicious commands within the privileges of the utility.

 

Products Affected

  • Brocade Fabric OS versions 9.0.0 through 9.2.0b1, and 9.2.1 through 9.2.1a
  • Brocade ASCG versions before 3.1.0

Products Confirmed Not Affected

  • Brocade Fabric OS versions before 9.0.0 [VEX Justification: Inline_mitigations_already_exist]
  • Brocade SANnav is not exploitable.  [VEX Justification: Vulnerable_code_cannot_be_contolled_by_adversary]

Solution

  • Security update provided in Brocade Fabric OS versions 9.2.0c, 9.2.1a1 and 9.2.2
  • Security update provided in Brocade ASCG version 3.1.0

 

Revision History

Version

Change

Date

1.0

Initial Publication

 November 12, 2024

 

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